Throne of Blood
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
Genres
Drama, History
Studio
TOHO
Language
ja
Status
Released
How Throne of Blood performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$13,422
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Taketoki Washizu
Toshirō Mifune
Taketoki Washizu
Lady Asaji Washizu
Isuzu Yamada
Lady Asaji Washizu
Noriyasu Odagura
Takashi Shimura
Noriyasu Odagura
Yoshiteru Miki
Akira Kubo
Yoshiteru Miki
Kunimaru Tsuzuki
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Kunimaru Tsuzuki
Yoshiaki Miki
Minoru Chiaki
Yoshiaki Miki
Kuniharu Tsuzuki
Takamaru Sasaki
Kuniharu Tsuzuki
Washizu samurai
Gen Shimizu
Washizu samurai
Military Commander
Kokuten Kōdō
Military Commander
Washizu's workman
Kichijirō Ueda
Washizu's workman
Old Woman at castle
Eiko Miyoshi
Old Woman at castle
Old Ghost Woman
Chieko Naniwa
Old Ghost Woman
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